ADAMS, JAMES TRUSLOW.The Living Jefferson.Charles Scribner's Sons, New York: 1936. First Edition (Unstated). h Hardcover, no dustjacket. Fair condition. The major part of this book is taken up with the life of Jefferson, and, in contrast, his great antagonist, Alexander Hamilton. The names of Jefferson and Hamilton are constantly on the lips of politicians. Yet we may ask what did these men really believe? What sort of men were they? What were their dreams for America? Where did they stand in the contest of three centuries? These are some of the questions which this book tries to answer. Includes an Index.
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11.83 USD

ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY; ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS.John Adams, Two Volume Set.Chelsea House, New York, 1980. 0877541779 / 9780877541776 s Softcover. Good condition. This remarkable work, representing three generations of one of America's most outstanding families, examines the life and career of the great Revolutionary leader, first vice-president and second president.
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28.26 USD

ALLEN, CHARLES F.; PORTIS, JONATHAN.The Comeback Kid: The Life And Career Of Bill Clinton.Birch Lane Press, Secaucus: 1992. 1559721545 / 9781559721547 h Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. The authors have written an intensely personal story. The authors tell the behind-the- scenes stories of his race for the U.S. Congress, his election as attorney general, his defeat in 1980, and his triumph on the next election, his embarrassing nominating speech, his comeback campaign and much more. Includes an Index.
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9.50 USD

BASLER, ROY P. (EDITOR); SANDBURG, CARL (PREFACE).Abraham Lincoln: His Speeches And Writings.Da Capo Press, New York: 1990. 0306804042 / 9780306804045 s Softcover. Very good condition. This volume presents nearly 250 of Lincoln's most important speeches, state papers, and letters in their entirety. Here are not only the masterpieces-the Gettysburg Address, the Inaugural Addresses, the 1858 Republican Convention Speech, the Emancipation Proclamation-but hundreds of lesser-known gems. Alfred Kazin has written that Lincoln was "not just the greatest writer among our Presidents...but the most telling and unforgettable of all American 'public' writer-speakers. Includes an Index.
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114.95 USD

BEMIS, SAMUEL FLAGG.John Quincy Adams And The Foundations Of American Foreign Policy.Alfred A. Knopf, New York: 1949. Book Club Edition. h Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition but dustjacket is quite worn and torn.. A basic biography of America's greatest diplomatist to the eve of his election as sixth President of the United States, and an authoritative acccount of the origins and guiding principles of the nation's foreign policy. Inc;udes an Index.
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41.75 USD

BINKLEY, WILFRED E.The Man In The White House: His Powers And Duties.Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore: 1972. 0801800714 / 9780801800719 h Hardcover, no dustjacket. Good condition. This treatise on the American presidency has been undertaken in the belief that it is time to take one more comprehensive survey of the institution into which that office has evolved. Includes an Index.
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32.78 USD

BRADLEE, BENJAMIN C.Conversations With Kennedy.W. W. Norton, New York: 1975. 0393087220 / 9780393087222 h Hardcover with dustjacket. Good reading copy. Some nicks in dustjacket. The author, a close and intimate friend of John F. Kennedy, presents a behind the scenes, hair-let-down, record of the human side of the president. Illustrated with photographs. Includes an Index.
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4.99 USD